Clip for swingletrees.



. S. ROGERS.

CLIP FOR SWINGLETREES.

APiLIOATIOH FILED APR. 24.1908.

917,899, Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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Samue! Rogers attouwqs To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' SAMUEL ROGERS; OF FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA.

cm FOR SwINGLE TREES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 1'3, 1909.

. Application filed A m 24,1908. Serial No. 428,901.

- Be it known that LSAMUEL Roenns, of

.Fort Payne in the county of Dekalb and State of Ala ama, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Clilps for Swingletrees; andI hereby declare't at the following is a full, clear, and exact descri tion thereof, reference being had to t e longitudinally by a through-bolt, which slipping off the'cliptoward the middle of the, swm le-tree and is used to cramp or tighten I I wood. The

in connection form,

the 0 pon the tree in case of shrinkage of the longitudinal slit or split in the ,cli is pu osely made therein to enable it to 'e fitte closely to the swinglet ree, and to be cramped thereupon as the wood shrinks.

The clip is moreover provided with a recess in its top and the'hook'is so constructed relatively to the clip and recess that-the trace chain can only be engaged or disengaged fromgthe hook 'when the latter is raised to such position that its point is di-. rectly over the recess in the cli The invention will be more clearly understoodfrom the following description. thereof u with the accompanyingv drawings, in which Fi re 1 is a tog plan view of the-clip as attac ed to the en of aswingle-tree' Fig.2 s a bottom plan view of Fig. 1. Fig.- 3 is a section on line 3-'3,Fig.. 1, showing a hook raised to position for engagement or disengagement of the trace chain.

The swingle-tree S may be ofany desired construction and is customarily made of wood.- .To its ends are attached the clips -1 'which, as constructed in accordance with my preferably made of a stout sheet metal strip} bent int nearly cylindric but leaving-a slit son he under side so that the clip ca'nbe readily fitted to swin'gletrees-of slightly different diameters, andiso that in case of. shrinkage the clip may be selcurely clamped upon the swingleqiree, by

tightening up nut'z2. on bolt 2 1". Thus .a simple,-

which transiixes the swingle-tree and clip at right angles to the slot, as shown. The clip furthermore has an upturned flange 1 on its 7 outer edge which effectively prevents the hook-ring 3} from slipping upwardly oil the cli the hook-ring being placed on the, clip be ore the latter is placed on the swingletree. The clip moreover has a recess 1' in its-upper side, preferably opposite the slit S,

for a purpose hereinafter explained. The

hook-ring 3 is kept from sliding inward on the swingle-tree by means of the bolt 2 and nut 2, but has alimited lateral play between said bolt and the flange 1*; and it is free to swing around the clip. The point of the hook 3 is bent backward until it almost.

touches the clip, so that in the'position shown ,in Figs. 1 and 2, and when the hook isin a horizontal position and below or out of line with the recess 1*, the trace-chain 0 cannot be disengaged from the hook as there is not room for the ring to pass between the point of the hook and the clip. But by turning the hook to vertical position, as indicated in -Fig. '3, so that its point is directlyopposite the recess 1*, the trace-chain C canthen be slipped between the point of the hook and the recess 1". In this position of the hook the trace-chain can beelther engaged or disengaged therefrom; but in any other position of the hook the trace-chain cannot be en- .gaged or disengaged therefrom.

' From the foregoing it will be seen by reason of the slot S and the bolt 2 I am able to contract the clip and compensate for any shrinkage of the always fasten the clip rigidly to the swingletree, which is quite important. Further the flange and the bolt alwa s retain the hookringupon-theclip, so tliat the trace-chain cannot be engaged or disengaged from the hook until the pointof the hook is turned to a position directly opposite the recess or slot efficient and very durable trace-chain retaining clip is provided.' Having described my inventionwhat I claim as'new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: v

1. 1 In combination, a sheet-metal clip comswingle-tree, and thus I canv prising a sleeve havingan outwardly pro Jectmg flange 011.0116 end, and a longitudinal slit extending throughthe sleeve and flange 'anda recess in the side of the-sleeve; with a hook-ring on the clip, and a hook on the ring having its free end ant-toward the sleeve so thatt e trace ring cannot be engaged with or point-of th split metal cufi on the tree,

2 ,8 .13 -3,; the.

i'eeess in the band; and a bolt tl ans fixin h 0t elip at the inner side of the recess and "securing retaining the hook ring on the 011p; H

1 In testimony that I claim thefo 'egoing as my own, I affix my signature in presence of 'two' witnesses.

disengaged from the hook except when the latter is opposite the said recess, 2. In combination with a swingle-tree; a"

rovided with a flaring flange on-itsouter en adapted to retain the hook and havmg a recess in one side remote from the split; with a hook having a ring loosely fitted on the oufi',.the end of said hook extending inward toward the hand;

, Y SAMUEL ROGERS; j

' Witnesses;

sufliciently to" prevent engagement lor dl sen 1 gagement of-the trace ring, except when the G. E. U rm,

end of the hook isbroughtopposite the said W. GARVIN. V

the clip to the swingle-t ee andalso 

